Entrepreneurship

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Replit CEO Amjad Masad on bringing the next 1 billion software creators online

Freethink spoke with Masad about the future of software development, the outsized power of Silicon Valley, and the absurdity of the AI extinction theory.

Stephen Johnson

A man experiencing both failure and success on a tennis court.

Psychology

How to find success with the 4 conditions of “intelligent failure”

Intelligent failure occurs in a low-risk environment and leads to growth or new knowledge. To fail intelligently, follow five strategies.

Kevin Dickinson

Construction

Cleaning up one of the world’s most commonly used substances

C-Crete has created a more sustainable cement binding material that could significantly reduce the industry’s CO2 emissions.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office

Business

New industries are embracing apprenticeships

Eschewing costly college degrees, earn-and-learn apprenticeship programs are pushing into new industries.

B. David Zarley

Entrepreneurs

The 5-hour rule: How to turn a wasted day into a successful one

The 5-hour rule asks us to devote at least one hour a day to learning, experimenting, and reflecting. Here's how to make it work for you.

Jonny Thomson

Food

Massive vertical mushroom farm opens in New York

Alt-meat startup MyForest Food has opened a new vertical mushroom farm in New York.

B. David Zarley

How Daybreaker turned “sober morning raves” into a worldwide movement

In partnership with Million Stories

What started as a side project among friends quickly grew into a multimillion-dollar business.

Freethink Team

Entrepreneurs

Digital nomad: why work from home if you can work from anywhere in the world?

Digital nomad visas make it easier than ever for remote workers to live in foreign countries for extended periods of time.

Tim Brinkhof

How one deaf entrepreneur turned rejection into a profit

In partnership with Million Stories

Melody Stein created a top-notch pizza joint that offered the Deaf community a rare dining luxury: instant communication.

Freethink Team

Entrepreneurs

A world map of start-up ambitions

In New Zealand, ambitious Kiwis want to launch a lawn mowing business; in South Africa, it's cooking gas refills. Start-up dreams vary widely.

Frank Jacobs

Citizen Science

A nun built a hydroelectric plant that’s providing free power to a town in Africa

Blackouts are a daily disruption in the country, which sources most of its electricity from a run-down and mismanaged hydropower system.

Reuters Staff | World Economic Forum

Leadership

Babble hypothesis shows key factor to becoming a leader

Researchers show that intelligence is not the most important factor in leadership, simply talking the most is.

Paul Ratner

Coal mining has changed. What’s next for miners?

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In partnership with Lumina

Coal-mining families in Kentucky lost their jobs almost overnight. But they’re not giving up. Here’s how they built a new way of life.

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